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Fender joins campaign to support LA wildfires relief with unique Custom Shop guitars built from wood reclaimed from the disaster
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Altadena Telecaster is a Custom Shop dream machine made from reclaimed wood from a Deodar cedar tree that was damaged in the Eaton fire

With Led Zeppelin over, Jimmy Page returned to the Telecaster, and embraced a particular, beloved mod
By Jackson Maxwell published
After a few years slightly adrift, the guitar god found his way back into arenas with the Firm in 1985, and leaned on some new tools along the way

John 5 on how he dreamed up an LED Telecaster – and coincidentally found the perfect partner to build it
By Janelle Borg published
John 5’s light-up and lava-lamp-inspired Telecasters are now part and parcel of his guitar arsenal – but how exactly did they come about?

Marcus King on the vintage guitar he accidentally bought while drunk
By Janelle Borg published
King recently played Rory Gallagher’s famed white Fender Telecaster and Jeff Beck’s iconic Yardburst Les Paul

Chrissie Hynde on that one time she bought her own signature guitar off the shelf
By Janelle Borg published
Turns out having your own signature Fender Telecaster stocked in shops is pretty handy when you're caught without your own...

Warren Haynes to play three historic guitars to celebrate 1971 at NYE concert
By Phil Weller published
The show at the Beacon Theatre in New York will see Haynes play classics from 1971 on guitars tied to three guitar greats

How Jim Root’s radical signature Telecaster updated a Fender mainstay for the 21st century
By Matt Owen published
The Slipknot guitarist was originally pushed towards Charvel, but he had his sights set on reinventing a Fender classic

Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram just landed his second signature Telecaster – but he wasn’t convinced by the Fender classic at first
By Phil Weller published
The weight of its reputation persuaded Kingfish to give the classic single-cut a second chance

Seymour Duncan has retooled its Jeff Beck-backed JB pickup – and it might be your next Tele mod
By Phil Weller published
The metal and blues-approved pickup has been given a single-coil-sized makeover, with the JB Jr. aiming to rectify classic Tele issues

Fender invited music fans to design their own Telecaster. They received over 1,500 applications – and turned four into a reality
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Everyone from children to lifelong guitarists entered the Fender Design Contest, which showcased Fender Japan’s quest to prove guitar is for everyone
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